To think that using foreign phrases in books, etc, is a bit unnecessary and pretentious?

[mm22bys]

It really bugs me when I'm reading a book, or even the odd MN thread!, and someone feels it's necessary to through in a foreign phrase or 10. I can get by with a bit of French, but everything else (for example Latin) goes over my head. I am sure I'm not the only one!

It just seems really pretentious and unnecessary to me, especially since a lot of people can't even speak / write English properly.

AIBU?

Right chaps, here's what you need to do:

1. Stop reading anything by Kate Mosse
2. Start reading anything by DL Sayers to see how the multi-lingual to add character thing is done properly.

As you were.